Appeal No. 2005-0863 Page 2
Application No. 09/769,462
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a machine for producing a tissue web having
a forming area including at least one rotating continuous dewatering wire. The
appellants' invention further relates to a process for producing a tissue web with the
tissue machine (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Bluhm et al. (Bluhm) 5,556,511 Sep. 17, 1996
Schiel 6,004,429 Dec. 21, 1999
Kamps et al. (Kamps) WO 96/35018 Nov. 7, 1996
Claims 1 to 10 and 13 to 54 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Kamps in view of Schiel or Bluhm.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(mailed August 10, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to the brief (filed May 17, 2004) and reply brief (filed October 12, 2004) for
the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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